Sunday, March 11, 2012

A Bouquet of Flowers!

PSSSSSSSSSSTTT......Hey, it's me! Becky (aka: auntbaba246), the other owner of Totally Stampalicious! Guess what? I just got off the phone with Joycelyn! She is heading out tomorrow for a Disney Cruise and won't be near a computer for the next two weeks!

Last time she left I got into ALL sorts of trouble giving stuff away! Since she won't see this post again until she gets back I thought I would invade it and tantalize your taste buds.

We are releasing 4 NEW STAMP SETS on March 22nd so I thought I would give away one of each of the new sets to one of our lucky players in this weeks challenge!

Not only will you get all 4 new sets, if you PROMISE not to show anyone I will also send you the pics of the new sets so you will be the FIRST person to see them days before they are released! How cool is that?

How do you win? Glad you asked! All you have to do is play along in this weeks challenge and link up your project using Mr.Linky at the bottom of this post. It's that simple! I will use random.org to generate a winner and announce the lucky crafter on our next Stampalicious Monday post this March 19th.

Now just keep reading to see Joycelyn's original post!
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Happy Stampalicious Monday!!
Sooo many people wanted to share their Spring Creations last week and I think that is something to really celebrate!!
Let's give something away today!!
Our randomly selected winner is...............

Cat Spicer
Please contact us at
totallystampalicious@gmail.com
to claim your $5 Gift Certificate!

I think we need to keep our focus on the gorgeous weather we can be expecting in the not so distant future...and with sunny skies, comes beautiful flowers!!
Today's challenge is all about flowers....all kinds of flowers...paper flowers, ribbon flowers, silk flowers...ALL FLOWERS!!!

Let's see what our Stampalicious Dream Team has come up with!









Sue - Coffeestamper









Now let's see the different kinds of flowers you can come up with your card or project!! Just link it here below so we can all have a peek and who knows...maybe you could WIN!!!


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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Stampalicious Thursday - Border dies/punches!


Welcome to the 2nd round of Stampalicious Thursday!

Hi, this is Angel and I'm sharing one of my favorite ways to add that extra *POP* to your creations. The best thing is I bet almost every one of you has at least one of these in your arsenal - border dies or punches!!! I'm so totally addicted to them, it is rare that I don't have at least one fancy border on a card somewhere! For example, here's a card I made using no dies or punches:

It's sweet and simple, which is great if that's what you're in the mood for... BUT here's the same card with a few border punches thrown in and, of course, a flower embellishment. Now, because I knew I was going to add the border to the top of the card, I cut the card 1/2 inch shorter than a standard A2 size so that adding the border makes it a standard card size. And can I just say, seam binding, where have you been all my life?!?! Ha! Seriously, this is my first time working with it (just got some from SU last week) and it's just a dream to work with! This lovely Stella Peeker Darth Vader was colored with copics. Those hot pink rollers are a flashback for me! The coffee cup was paper pieced. The top border was adhered to the back of the card then I added cardstock to cover it so that the back looks nice and clean. Do those border punches kick it up a notch OR WHAT?!?! BAM!


Here's the beginning of my card for our spring themed challenge this week. I had this scrap laying around, which is the negative of a border die. So I snipped off what I wanted to use and cut out another strip to match and adhered them to the designer paper.


Here's the card in the works before I added a border die to the middle dp strip. That middle strip needed something to make it stand out.

Here is that middle strip with a straight edge on one side and a border die added to the other. Another tip, I never have a full strip of paper layered behind dp - helps save paper and cuts down on the weight of the card.

Here, I was playing around with the sentiment. Again, I felt it needed just a little something...

Oh, look, there's a border strip laying on my table! Let me just add it here and snip off this end...

And voila!

Well, I hope I've inspired you to add a little pizzazz to your creations! You have the dies and punches, you might as well USE them! Have a wonderful day and check back in two weeks for another tutorial from our wonderful Design Team!!
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Spring is in the Air...

....unless of course you live in Central Alberta....we've received about 8-10 inches of snow over the last few days and it's still coming down even as I type!!!
All the more reason for this fun Stampalicious Monday Challenge!!! Let's see some sign of spring on your card!! Whatever Spring means to you...flowers, outdoors, green grass, golf....

Now let's see what our AWESOME Stampalicious Design Team has come up with!!!









Well I don't know about you but I feel better already...I can almost smell the flowers and fresh spring air!!!!
Now it's your turn to share your 'touch of spring' with us!! Just post your card to your blog or on-line gallery and then link it back here with the Mr.Linky provided below!

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Welcome back to another fun-filled edition of Stampalicious Monday!!!
We should probably give away a little something to one of our Baby Card challenge players, don't you think?!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO................
Hazel!
Please contact us at
totallystampalicious@gmail.com
to collect your $5 Gift Certificate!!

Now on to this weeks COLOR CHALLENGE!!!
YELLOW BROWN GREEN!
(any shades of these colors are OK!)

Let's see what the Stampalicious Design Team have come up with!!











WOW!!! Gorgeous work with those colors, ladies!!!! Now it's your turn!! As always you can use any images you'd like but if you've got our stamps, by all means use 'em!!
Just link your card or project back here using the Mr. Linky provided below!
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Stampalicious Thursday! No dies? No worries!


Welcome to the 1st edition of Stampalicious Thursday!
We are excited and hope you will be as well. Our wonderful design team will be bringing you some fun and creative things every other Thursday here on the blog. What better way to mark our new adventure on Thursday's than with bringing Stampalicious Scarlette BACK!!! Yes! That's right....she is BACK by POPULAR DEMAND!!!
Stampalicious Scarlette is FOR SALE NOW at Totally Stampalicious!!!


Hi this is Stacy aka Twinshappy bringing you the first Stampalicious Thursday called No dies no worries! Before I invested in the Spellbinders dies or any of the wonderful dies on the market I had to create my own shapes. Today I am going to show you a trick on how I made circle cards without any dies. So let's get started!
Here is what you will need for a circle card. You need a round object, now I have used my Scor-Pal tape ring. This has the convience of the outer and inner ring all in one. A scoring tool, scissors and your papers.

Cut your sheet of solid base cardstock the width of the circle you have. I have placed mine down so you can see what I mean. You will then move your circle to the base of your cardstock and draw a little line at the top of your circle so you will know where to score your paper.
Once you have marked your paper, proceed to score where your line is. Fold in half and cut off any excess you may have.
Next you will place your circled object just a hair above the fold like shown. This is going to be what will make the flap and you don't end up with two circles when all said and done. Trace your circle on the Outer ring. This is a fairly new roll so the gap is going to be large from the outer ring to the inner, but we will work with that later.

This is what it should look like once traced. See the top does not have any pencil mark as this will be your fold. Now cut out your circle shape.

Once the circle is cute you will want to make a straight cut across the inside/back of the circle. This is a little trick that Wendy showed me so that when you photo your card it stands straight up!

Now for the inner circle we will be tracing. I used this darling baby girl paper that I got at the local stamp store a few weeks ago. So place your circle object on the paper and trace the inner circle. Once traced cut out your circle.
When cut it should look like this. Now remember I said this was a fairly new roll of scor-pal tape? See how big of a gap there is between the two papers. When your roll is a bit less its much easier, however when this happens I usually add another layer. How do you add another layer?

You will tape your piece of designer paper down onto the next layer and carefully cut around the circle as even as you can. Now don't worry if you get off on a few spots as you will be able to cover a few of them just not a lot of them. Here I have shown what it looks like when I was half way done cutting my middle layer.
What are some ways you can cover your uneven hand cutting? Sponging the edges of your paper is always a great cover up. Adding some piercing with faux stitching will draw your eye to the stitching verses the uneven spots. Ribbons and flowers do a great job of hiding them also. ha! Now you are ready to decorate!

Here is my finished project. See I used some crochet lace to cover the top edge that I thought was a bit uneven. This adorable guy is Angel Bears from our Bugaboo Line. I actually cut her out and popped her up on dimensionals for this card. Another way to draw your eye. This weeks challenge is Rock a Bye Baby so this fits perfect with the challenge. Check it out if you missed it on Monday.

Thanks for joining me this Stampalicious Thursday! Be sure to check back in 2 weeks for another fun tutorial from our Design Team! Have a great day!
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Blog Hop Winners and a Baby Challenge!

It's Monday and you know what that means?!!!
A brand new STAMPALICIOUS Challenge!!!
But first...let's give away some prizes to a few lucky hoppers who joined us in our NEW RELEASE Blog Hop!! Missed it? Don't worry...you can see all 4 NEW Stamp Sets NOW at
Totally Stampalicious!
Also, all stamp sets are BACK IN STOCK!

~~~~~~~~~~CONGRATULATIONS TO~~~~~~~~~~~
1st Prize - All 4 New Stamp Sets - Dee in N.H.
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate - Francine B
3rd Prize $5 Gift Certificate - just jan

Please contact us at
totallystampalicious@gmail.com
to collect your PRIZES!!

Now onto this week's challenge!!! We just released the CUTEST baby set called
Funny Strollers so I thought we should do a challenge featuring those little cuties!!!
Our challenge this week is to create a BABY CARD!!!
Now let's see what our Stampalicious Dream Team has come up with!








Sue - Coffeestamper




Now how CUTE are all those creations?! It's your turn!! Just create a BABY CARD or Project, load it to your blog or on-line gallery and link it back here using the Mr.Linky below!

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